Entertainment listings for June 7-13: Quick takes

Short films to be shown at S.C. theater

New short films made in West Virginia will be screened at SouthCharleston's LaBelle Theater at 7 p.m. Saturday.

Presented by the South Charleston Museum, the 90-minutepresentation will include introductions and talks from the filmmakersbefore the films are shown.

Dennis Strom, vice president of the West Virginia FilmmakersGuild, will introduce his new short documentary, "Magic in theValley," a 12.5-minute, behind-the-scenes look at the Children'sTheater of Charleston and its production of "Hansel and Gretel."

Other films to be shown include: "Encountering Columbus,""Blenko," "Hillbilly Hotdogs," "ATVs," "After Genocide," "David andGoliath" and "The Seger Report."

Admission is $4. Call 744-9711.

Theater opening its summer season

"Love Letters," a play tracing the lifelong correspondence betweentwo friends, will open the summer season at the Historic FayetteTheater in Fayetteville.

Show times are 8 p.m. Friday and Saturday. All seats are $5. Theplay features Erin Thompson and Josh Whisman, two veteran performers.

A special dinner Friday with all proceeds going toward Relay forLife will be held at 6 p.m. at the Summit of Hidden Valley, anassisted living and resident care facility in Oak Hill.

Cost of the dinner and theater presentation is $15 with $12 of theprice donated to Relay for Life. Reservations for the dinner may bemade by calling 574-4655.

Rhododendron Festival set for Sunday

The Rhododendron Festival brings plenty of arts and crafts to theCapitol Complex on Sunday, where exhibitors from across the statewill show and sell their creations from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Included are country crafters and artists displaying theirpaintings, photographs, quilts and hand-crafted jewelry.

Food vendors will be selling items ranging from funnel cakes tohot dogs.

Gospel concert on tap in Nitro

The third generation of the gospel group Chuck Wagon Gang will befeatured at a fundraising gospel concert at 7 p.m. Friday at theKathy Mattea Auditorium at the Nitro Community Center.

The Chuck Wagon Gang has 71 years of tradition behind it. Thequartet sings gospel songs the old-time way and still includes in itsprograms many of the early songs recorded in 1936 on old 78 records.

The songs, "The Son Hath Made Me Free," "A Beautiful Life" and"I'll Fly Away," are a part of the group's re-creation of a 1940sChuck Wagon Gang radio program.

Also performing at the concert will be the original Praisemen andHeritage.

The concert is sponsored by Capitol Resource Agency. Tickets forthe concert are $12-$15 with group rates available. Call 720-5413,ext. 106, for more information.